comparison between Colombia and US holydays

1. Modified by Juan P. Lopez
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3. What is the first thing that comes
to your mind when you think
about Colombia?

4. What is the first thing that comes
to your mind when you think
about USA?

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Discuss with your partners the similarities and
differences between USA and Colombia.
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6. DID YOU KNOW...
According to a recently released poll by WIN/
Gallup International Association, the South America
country took first place on the "Global Barometer
of Hope and Happiness", which surveyed
individuals in 54 countries.

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Which one is the happiest country?
Colombian people is the
________ country in the world.
Colombian people is ________
than USA people
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9. DID YOU KNOW...
For 234 years, America has strived, fought,
invented, pushed, pulled and dragged itself towards
the better. Americans have always loved to come up
with new ideas, and patent them. This has its basis
in the Constitution where early Americans defined
their freedoms.

10. Coffee is one of
Colombia’s main
exports!
Along with petroleum, coal,
textiles, bananas, and
flowers
Did you know around 12% of the
world’s coffee is produced in
Colombia?

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USA exports _______ _________
______Colombia
Colombia exports ________ _______ ____ the
USA
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13. .

14. It is the only South American country that coasts
both oceans, Pacific and Atlantic.
-We already knew Colombians were people with a
lot of flavor, delicious dishes and high-spirited,
-Colombian economy is the fourth-largest economy
of Latin America.

17. Colombia’s population is 47’121.089

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Compare the two countries population
USA Population is _______ than Colombia’s
Colombia ________ ___ ______ _____ USA’s
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• People in every culture celebrate holidays.
• Although the word "holiday" literally means "holy
day," most American holidays are not religious, but
commemorative in nature and origin. USA has a rich
ethnic heritage.In the United States, the word
"holiday" is synonymous with "celebration! "
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21. The only risk is wanting to stay…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyFXVslYYzI
-There are more than
94 Holidays
-110 Festivals
-32 Beauty Pageants
-5 Carnivals, each
year!

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New Year's Day
(January 1)
On January first,
Americans visit friends,
relatives and neighbors.
There is plenty to eat and
drink when you just drop in
to wish your loved ones
and friends the best for the
year ahead. Many families
and friends watch
television together
enjoying the Tournament
of Roses parade preceding
the Rose Bowl football
game in Pasadena
California.
In the warmer regions all around
the country there are other
games whose names are
characteristic of the state.
People watch the Orange Bowl
game in Florida, the Cotton Bowl
in Texas, and the Sugar Bowl in
Louisiana. In most cultures,
people promise to better
themselves in the following year.
Americans have inherited the
tradition and even write down
their New Year's resolutions.
Whatever the resolution, most of
them are broken or forgotten by
February!
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Dr. Martin Luther King Day
(Third Monday in January)
" I have a dream...
I have a dream that one day little black boys and black girls will be able
to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and
brothers
I have a dream today"
It is a time for the nation to remember the injustices that
Dr. King fought. A time to remember his fight for the
freedom, equality, and dignity of all races and peoples. A
time to remember the message of change through
nonviolence.
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Presidents' Day is celebrated in February to honor two of
our greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln and George
Washington. The holiday is celebrated in the United States
on the third Monday in February.
George Washington
Born : February 22, 1732 at
Wakefield, Westmoreland, Virginia
Died: December 14, 1799 at
Mount Vernon, Fairfax, Virginia
President: April 30,1789
to March 4, 1797
Abraham Lincoln
Born: February 12, 1809 in
Hardin (now Larue) County, Kentucky
Died: April 15, 1865 in
Washington, District of Columbia
President: March 4th, 1861
to April 15, 1865
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St. Patrick's Day
(March 17 or the preceding Saturday)
• Many people who immigrated to the United States have come from
Ireland. More than one-half of the soldiers who fought in the
Revolutionary War had Irish ancestors. Today, it is said, Irish
descendants in the United States put on a noisier and bigger St.
Patrick's Day celebration than the people in Ireland.
Every year on March 17 or the preceding
Saturday, cities with a large population
of Irish Americans have parades.
Green is one of the national colors
of Ireland and also one of the signs of spring
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27. Dia de la Raza
• October 12, 1942, Colon Discover america
• Celebrated in Colombia as a holyday.
• Many countries in the New World and
elsewhere celebrate the anniversary of
Christopher Columbus' arrival in the
Americas, in Venezuela until 2002, when it
was changed to the Día de la Resistencia
Indígena (Day of Indigenous Resistance)
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Columbus Day
(Second Monday in October)
• Columbus Day is celebrated in the United States
to honor Christopher Columbus's first voyage to
America in 1492.
It was Colorado, in 1905, that became the first state to
observe a Columbus Day. Since 1920 the day has been
celebrated annually, and in 1937 President Franklin Roosevelt
proclaimed every October 12 as Columbus Day. That's where
it remained until 1971 when Congress declared it a federal
public holiday on the second Monday in October.
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Mother's Day
(Second Sunday in May)
In the United States, Mother's Day was loosely
inspired by the British day and was imported by
social activist Julia Ward Howe after the
American Civil War.
The first Mother's Day was celebrated on 10 May, 1908. It continues to this day to be
one of the most commercially successful. Mother's Day is now the most popular day
of the year to dine out at a restaurant in the United States. In Colombia Mother day is
celebrated by giving flowers to the mothers and some stupid guys get drunk because
they don’t care about their mothers.
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Memorial Day
(Last Monday in May)
• Memorial Day is a time to remember the U.S. men and woman who lost their lives
serving their country. Originally known as Decoration Day, it was established in
1868 to commemorate the dead from the Civil War. Over the years it came to serve
as a day to remember all U.S. men and women killed or missing in action in all
wars.
•It has become both, a
National Decoration Day of
family graves, and the holiday
that opens the summer
season. It is celebrated with
backyard barbecues, outdoor
picnics, and parades.
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31. Pascua
• In Colombia the Pascua is a religious
celebration that celebrates the resurrection
of Jesus and it is preceded by 40 days of
fast and pray that finish in holy week.
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Easter
(A Sunday between March 22 and April 25)
Easter is celebrated in USA with traditional fervor and gaiety.
Sunday church services and festive celebrations
blend together during the Easter weekend.
On Easter Sunday in New York and other cities,
large Easter parades are held where people turn out
in their fashionable outfits and trendy Easter bonnets.
The person leading the parade holds
Easter candle or cross in his hand.
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Independence Day
(July 4)
• Independence Day celebrates
the birthday of the United
States of America. Founded
July 4th 1776, with the signing
of the Declaration of
Independence.
The 4th of July is a time for the Red
White and Blue. It's a day of picnics and
patriotic parades, a night of concerts and
fireworks, and a reason to fly the
American flag.
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Father's Day
(Third Sunday in June)
• The United States is one of the few countries in the world that has an official
day on which fathers are honored by their children. On the third Sunday in
June, fathers all across the United States are given presents, treated to
dinner or otherwise made to feel special. Father's Day in Colombia 2013 is on
Sunday, the 16th of June .
The origin of Father's Day is not clear. Some say that it
began with a church service in West Virginia in 1908.
Others say the first Father's Day ceremony was held in
Vancouver, Washington.
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Flag Day
(June 14)
• Flag Day, is a day for all Americans
to celebrate and show respect for
the flag, its designers and makers.
The flag is representative of the
independence and unity as a
nation.....one nation, under God,
indivisible. The flag has a proud and
glorious history. It was at the lead of
every battle fought by Americans.
Many people have died protecting it.
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Labor Day
(First Monday in September)
• Labor Day is a national legal holiday
that is over 100 years old. Over the years,
it has evolved from a purely labor union
celebration into a general "last fling of summer" festival.
• It grew out of a celebration and parade in honor of the working
class by the Knights of Labor in 1882 in New York.
• It has come to be recognized in the U.S. not only as a celebration
of the working class, but even more so as the unofficial end of the
summer season. In the northern half of the U.S. at least, the
summer vacation season begins with Memorial Day and ends with
Labor Day.
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Christmas Day
(December 25)
• Christmas is a most important religious holy day for
Christians, who attend special church services to
celebrate the birth of Jesus of Nazareth.
• Since most Americans are Christian, the day is one on which most
businesses are closed and the greatest possible number of workers,
including government employees, have the day off. Many places even
close early on the day before.
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Veterans' Day
(November 11)
Veterans Day is an
American holiday
honoring military
veterans. Both a federal
holiday and a state
holiday in all states, it is
celebrated on the
anniversary of the
signing of the Armistice
that ended World War I.
Veterans Day is largely
intended to thank living
veterans for their service,
to acknowledge that their
contributions to national
security are appreciated,
and to underscore the fact
that all those who served -
not only those who died -
have sacrificed and done
their duty.
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(Fourth Thursday in November)
• Thanksgiving Day is a joyous family
festival celebrated with lot of
enthusiasm in US, Canada and
several other countries. It is festival
commemorates the feast held by the
Pilgrim colonists and members of the
Wampanoag people at Plymouth in
1621. On this day people express
gratitude to God for his blessings
and give thanks to dear ones for
their love & support. Feasting with
family is an integral & most delightful
part of Thanksgiving Day
celebrations.
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St. Valentine's Day
(February 14)
• It is the traditional day on which
lovers express their love for
each other; sending Valentine's
cards or candy. It is very
common to present flowers on
Valentine's Day.
The holiday is named after two men,
both Christian martyrs among the
numerous Early Christian martyrs
named Valentine.
•The day became
associated with romantic
love in the circle of Geoffrey
Chaucer in High Middle
Ages, when the tradition of
courtly love flourished.
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47. Love and frienship day
• In colombia we celebrate this day the third
Saturday of September, 21.
• Colombians play “secret friend” which
consist on exchanging gifts in groups
without choosing the name of the person
that you are giving the gift.
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April Fool's Day
(April 1)
• Americans play small tricks on friends and strangers on the
first of April.
•One common trick on April Fool's
Day, or All Fool's Day, is pointing down
to a friend's shoe and saying, "Your
shoelace is untied."
•Whatever the trick, if the
innocent victim falls for
the joke the prankster
yells, "April Fool! "
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Halloween
(October 31)
• On October 31st, dozens of children dressed in
costumes knock on their neighbors' doors and yell,
"Trick or Treat" when the door opens.
• Pirates and princesses, ghosts and popular heroes
of the day all hold bags open to catch the candy or
other goodies that the neighbors drop in.
• As they give each child a treat the neighbors
exclaim over the costumes and try to guess who is
under the masks.
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Halloween
• Much later, when Christianity spread throughout
Ireland and October 31 was no longer the last day
of the year, Halloween became a celebration mostly
for children. It is celebrated in both countries.
• "Ghosts" went from door to door asking for treats,
or else a trick would be played on the owners of the
house.
• When millions of Irish people immigrated to the
United States in the 1840s the tradition came with
them.
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